CRESP As an Experiment in a Risk-Based Approach to Obtaining Information for Decision Making. B. D. Goldstein and C. Powers, EOHSI, 170 Frelinghuysen Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08855; J. Moore, IEHR, 1629 K ST. NW, Washington, DC 20006; E. Faustman, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and A. Upton, EOHSI, 170 Frelinghuysen Rd., Piscataway, NJ 08855
The Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (CRESP) is an experiment in how to obtain stakeholder-related, risk-based research pertinent to environmental management at DOE sites. An academic consortium can be a highly effective means to develop research responsive to the broad range of stakeholders and Indian Nations involved at DOE sites, particularly on issues related to risk. CRESP is composed primarily of two academic environmental health sciences programs at EOHSI and University of Washington. It is organized in eight task groups: Data Characterization, Analysis and Statistics; Ecological Hazard Identification; Exposure Assessment; Health Hazard Identification; Remediation Technology; Social /Land Use/Demographic/Geographic/Economic; and Stakeholder Communication. The key metric for CRESP is its ability to provide information pertinent to the understanding and resolution of risk-related issues. CRESP’s success is based upon its unique features, namely: 1) developing research that attempts to understand the scientific and technical needs of the broad range of stakeholders and Indian tribal governments; 2) providing a base in an academic consortium for an integrative effort to supplement the usual approach of research projects integrated by the government agency; 3) relying on a competitive cooperative agreement rather than grant or contract mechanism to achieve its goals; and 4) inclusion of an independent peer review function within its activities.
This work was supported by the Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (CRESP) by Department of Energy Cooperative Agreement #DE-FC01-95EW55084. This support does not constitute an endorsement by DOE of the views expressed.
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